Ucieka

Ucieka is a Polish verb form meaning “he escapes” or “she escapes.” It is the third-person singular present indicative form of the imperfective verb uciekać, which denotes the ongoing or repeated action of escaping or fleeing. The infinitive is uciekać, and its perfective counterpart is uciec, which emphasizes a completed escape.

In the present tense, the forms are as follows: ja uciekam, ty uciekasz, on/ona/ono ucieka, my uciekamy, wy uciekacie, oni/one uciekają. The form ucieka is thus used with a singular feminine or neuter subject in the present tense and is commonly found in news reports, literature, and everyday speech to describe someone escaping from danger, pursuit, or confinement.

Uciekać can be used literally, as when someone flees from danger or pursuit, and figuratively, to indicate avoidance or evasion of duties, obligations, or difficult situations. Common constructions include uciekac przed (to run away from) with the instrumental case for the preposition preceding the noun, as in uciekac przed policją (to escape from the police). Another frequent use is in phrases describing departures from places or routines, such as uciekac z domu (to run away from home) or uciekac do innego miejsca (to escape to another place).

The verb is neutral in tone and widely used across registers, from reportage to fiction. Its noun form, ucieczka, denotes the act of escaping, while uciekający describes someone who is escaping. The word is part of a broader Polish word family related to movement away from a threat or constraint.